Rape video game hits the Web

Rape video game hits the Web: "

The video game RapeLay is exactly what it sounds like. It's a game that allows one to simulate the experience of boarding a train, groping a schoolgirl, and subsequently raping her, her mother, and her sister, hearing them utter dialogue along the lines of 'I w-w-want to die,' and gradually converting them into compliant women who enjoy sex with you, while taking post-rape pictures of them and making them get abortions so that you do not die. (The moral of this story would seem to be that rape is fun and games, but fatherhood is a killer.) It has been, for the past four years, a perennial feminist concern.

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Computerworld’s Elgan: Apple’s iPad will be the biggest cultural phenomenon since The Beatles

Computerworld’s Elgan: Apple’s iPad will be the biggest cultural phenomenon since The Beatles: "April 3 is the big day, when everything changes...

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PCWorld: Apple’s iPad will remain an expensive, niche device compared to all-purpose netbooks

PCWorld: Apple’s iPad will remain an expensive, niche device compared to all-purpose netbooks: "iPads will top the publicity charts this week when they launch...

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Marc Benioff: Hello, iPad. Hello, Cloud 2.

Marc Benioff: Hello, iPad. Hello, Cloud 2.: "The future of our industry now looks totally different than the past. It looks like a sheet of paper, and it’s called the iPad...

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RUMOR: Apple’s iPhone 4.0 to support third-party multitasking via Expose-like interface

RUMOR: Apple’s iPhone 4.0 to support third-party multitasking via Expose-like interface: "The upcoming 4.0 reference release of Apple's iPhone OS will deliver new support for running multiple...

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Calling Afghanistan what it is: A drug war

Calling Afghanistan what it is: A drug war: "

This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com

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Gallery: Outrageously Complicated Rube Goldberg Videos

Gallery: Outrageously Complicated Rube Goldberg Videos: "A team of engineering students from the University of Wisconsin wins the National Rube Goldberg Machine Contest and join the ranks of inspired -- and somewhat crazed -- contraption-makers. Here are videos of some of the most elaborate machines ever built.

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Instant Expert: Secrets & Features of iTunes 9.1 | iLounge Article

Instant Expert: Secrets & Features of iTunes 9.1 | iLounge Article: ""

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Arts & Letters Daily (29 Mar 2010)

Arts & Letters Daily (29 Mar 2010): "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was nearly called Alice's Hour in Elfland - by Edgar U.C. Westhill. And that's not all... more

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Roseburg bar to become gentlemen's club | The News-Review - NRtoday.com

Roseburg bar to become gentlemen's club | The News-Review - NRtoday.com: "For the last six weeks, the owners and employees of Yogee's bar have been going through a reluctant change, adding a coat of paint, new seating, lighting and a stage to the back section of the establishment on Cass Avenue in Roseburg.

Business has slowed recently, forcing the owners to update their business after 11 years in operation.

Their only move, owners and brothers Toby and Robert Faas decided, was to turn half the bar into a gentlemen's club featuring topless exotic dancers.

“This isn't really what we wanted to do,” Toby Faas said. “We tried to become a family friendly establishment, alcohol-free on half of the building, so that families could come in. Five months, three proposals and countless phone calls trying to work it out — we got told no by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission.”

The bar would have to remove its games and pool tables to satisfy state liquor laws in order to allow minors, Faas said, but without the games, they didn't see a way to attract minors to the establishment.

“Our goal was to increase the non-alchohol sales ... we were setting it up as a community-friendly establishment and apparently the laws aren't written that way. The only other way we could go was this way,” Faas said, gesturing to the pole and newly constructed stage.

Dave Spani, liquor inspector for OLCC, said that when a bar is licensed, it may provide any entertainment it chooses and called showcasing exotic dancers a “constitutionally protected activity.”

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Clue emerges in WWII plane wreckage mystery

Clue emerges in WWII plane wreckage mystery: "

A date stamped on the wreckage of a World War II-era plane that was found near Wheeler, Ore. last week could help investigators determine when it crashed and who may have been on board.

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Police make arrest in downtown Roseburg bank robbery

Police make arrest in downtown Roseburg bank robbery: "

Roseburg Police arrest Dale Morgan, 57, of Roseburg in Wednesday morning’s downtown bank robbery.

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KPIC - News - Local & Regional - http://www.kpic.com/news/local

Dung Beetles Inspire Video Enhancements for Camera Phones

Dung Beetles Inspire Video Enhancements for Camera Phones: "A Swedish start-up has created an algorithm, inspired by dung beetles, that can be integrated into camera modules to offer high-quality video in extremely low-light situations.

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"Scarab roll your dung-ball, roll across the night" - Ray Manzarek

Teddy bear containing son's ashes stolen

Teddy bear containing son's ashes stolen: "

A smash-and-grab theft took more than possessions. 'When they took my purse,'they took Russ with them,' Cindy Raines-McNatt said.

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KPIC - News - Local & Regional - http://www.kpic.com/news/local

World War II plane wreckage discovered on Oregon Coast | KPIC CBS 4 - News, Weather and Sports - Roseburg, OR - Roseburg, Oregon | News

World War II plane wreckage discovered on Oregon Coast |
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Taurus Concept Is Like Hot Segway Bike From the Future | Gadget Lab | Wired.com

Taurus Concept Is Like Hot Segway Bike From the Future | Gadget Lab | Wired.com: ""

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March 25, 1995: First Wiki Makes Fast Work of Collaboration | This Day In Tech | Wired.com

March 25, 1995: First Wiki Makes Fast Work of Collaboration | This Day In Tech | Wired.com: "But the wiki’s beginnings were humble: Like many things internet-related, the first was a practical application by one person trying to solve his own work-related problem. In this case, that person was Ward Cunningham, and the problem was how to better collaborate with a bunch of other programmers.

On this day in 1995, Cunningham installed the WikiWikiWeb on a $300 computer someone gave him and connected it to the mostly barren landscape that was then the internet, using a 14.4-baud dial-up modem.

While the rules to live by are obvious, Cunningham himself has a few, which he still maintains on his WikiWikiWeb pages. They include:

- Write only factual information.
- Give concrete advice, rather than abstract.
- Respect the freedom you have been given.
- Be concise and stay on topic for the page.
- Use language you’d be comfortable reading out loud — “use” versus “utilize” — and keep it simple. Simple language often communicates better.
- Check for spelling and grammar errors — errors detract from the content.<
- Edit only when you think a page is lacking -- don't just sign your name at the bottom of every page.
- Delete only if doing so adds value.<
- Don't say things that are likely to make others mad. Practice civility and understatement.
- Above all, be good, and play nice!

Funny how these principles apply to so many things.

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Chemical From Plastic Water Bottles Found Throughout Oceans

Chemical From Plastic Water Bottles Found Throughout Oceans: "A research team finds the endocrine-system disruptor bisphenol-A (BPA) at 20 ocean sites around the world. The work reveals the reality of 'a new global ocean contamination for long into the future.'

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Law Enforcement Appliance Subverts SSL

Law Enforcement Appliance Subverts SSL: "A company is selling the feds a way to snoop on what are supposed to be secure online transactions without breaking the encryption. And if the feds are doing it, criminals are too, experts say.

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Female Chimpanzees Drive the Culture

Female Chimpanzees Drive the Culture: "Female chimpanzees are the keepers and disseminators of chimp culture, according to new research. The number of cultural traits in a group of chimps is related to how many females there are. The number of males has no impact."

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Analyst: Apple positioned to introduce premium connected HDTV in 2-4 years

Analyst: Apple positioned to introduce premium connected HDTV in 2-4 years: "Apple is expected to join the lucrative home entertainment market...

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Astrology/Horoscopes - Jonathan Cainer's Zodiac Forecasts

Astrology/Horoscopes - Jonathan Cainer's Zodiac Forecasts: "Is it possible to feel lonely in a room full of people? Of course. True communication is rare. We can have lots of colleagues and companions, yet if there is no one who really understands us, our conversations will all seem empty and meaningless."

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Bowers & Wilkins P5 Headphones | Wired.com Product Reviews

Bowers & Wilkins P5 Headphones | Wired.com Product Reviews: "That said, we suggest you skip meals for a couple weeks and divert the money you would've spent eating on a pair of Bowers & Wilkins P5s.

These are the first headphones Bowers & Wilkins has ever sold, and it's clear from the moment you remove them from their suede-lined, quilted-nylon pouch that England's audio alchemists are interested in sending a message: 'We are not screwing around.'

And, oh yeah, the sound.

There is a technical term for this level of audio performance: DOPE. You don't expect bass from a company that recommends you download lossless versions of Peter Gabriel and the Creole Choir of Cuba from its website, but hook the P5s up to some nasty hip hop and their 40mm Mylar drivers will rattle the gold off your grille. Hook up something sweeter, and the phones will tug at the heart you never thought you had with their dulcet high notes and cut-crystal midrange.



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"Popeye" to go 3D with Sony

"Popeye" to go 3D with Sony: "'Popeye' returns as an all-CGI film from Sony. Avi Arad is set to produce the film which will be made by Sony Pictures Animation. Popeye stared in a long running series of animated shorts and a 1980 musical."

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How the Tablet Will Change the World | Magazine

How the Tablet Will Change the World | Magazine:

Yes, the iPad is designed for reading, gaming, and media consumption. But it also represents an ambitious rethinking of how we use computers.

No more files and folders, physical keyboards and mouses. Instead, the iPad offers a streamlined yet powerful intuitive experience that’s psychically in tune with our mobile, attention-challenged, super-connected new century.

Instant-on power. Lightning-fast multitouch response. Native applications downloaded from a single source that simplifies purchases, organizes updates, and ensures security.

In some ways, Chrome is even more radical than the iPad. Spawn of a pure Internet company, it is itself pure Internet.

While Apple wants to move computing to a curated environment where everything adheres to a carefully honed interface, Google believes that the operating system should be nearly invisible.

Good-bye to files, client apps, and onboard storage — Chrome OS channels users directly into the cloud, with the confidence that the Web will soon provide everything from native-quality applications to printer drivers.

Why Dark Coffee Is Easier on Your Stomach

Why Dark Coffee Is Easier on Your Stomach: "Darker coffee beans contain a compound that helps slow the production of stomach acid, according to new research. The discovery could explain why darker coffees tend to be easier on the stomach.

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You Could Easily Swallow This 32-GB microSD Card

You Could Easily Swallow This 32-GB microSD Card: "SanDisk's new 32-GB microSD card lets you fit 7,000 songs or 10 hours of HD video in a space no bigger than a U.S. dime.

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New 'Doctor Who' Emerges From the Tardis

New 'Doctor Who' Emerges From the Tardis: "A new trailer for the BBC's long-running sci-fi series reveals Matt Smith's Time Lord to be very different from David Tennant's version.

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Book Review: Appetite for America by Stephen Fried - WSJ.com

Book Review: Appetite for America by Stephen Fried - WSJ.com: "In many of the dusty railroad towns out West in the late 1880s and early decades of the 1900s, there was only one place to get a decent meal, one place to take the family for a celebration, one place to eat when the train stopped to load and unload: a Fred Harvey restaurant. And the owner's decision to import an all-female waitstaff meant that his restaurants offered up one more important and hard-to-find commodity in cowboy country: wives.

It was a brilliant formula, and for a long time Fred Harvey's name was synonymous in America with good food, efficient service and young women. Today, though, you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone aware of the prominent role Harvey played in civilizing the West and raising America's dining standards. His is one of those household names now stashed somewhere up in the attic.

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Message from the grave, straight to your cell phone

Message from the grave, straight to your cell phone: "RosettaStone products use near-field communication to stream personal information, photos, and even messages from the deceased lying beneath to any mobile device."

CNET News.com - http://news.cnet.com/

Cloak of invisibility becomes more foreseeable

Cloak of invisibility becomes more foreseeable: "Scientists in Germany successfully cloak a bump in a layer of gold. The new cloaking device, made of seemingly light-bending crystals, even works in three dimensions."

CNET News.com - http://news.cnet.com/

Police plan I-5 crackdown from Roseburg south to California border

Police plan I-5 crackdown from Roseburg south to California border: "

State troopers, county deputies and city police agencies along the Interstate 5 corridor from the Oregon border through Roseburg are increasing patrols during a five-day Spring Break period, March 22 - 26.

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KPIC - News - Local & Regional - http://www.kpic.com/news/local

Humans Could Regenerate Tissue Like Newts By Switching Off a Single Gene | Popular Science

Humans Could Regenerate Tissue Like Newts By Switching Off a Single Gene | Popular Science: "Scientists have long been stymied by human regenerative healing -- that is, wholesale regrowth of, say, a severed limb -- an ability inherent in some species but lost on humans. But new research suggests the ability to regenerate isn't based on something newts and flatworms have that we don't; rather, it's something we do have that's keeping us from regenerating tissues. Researchers think a gene called p21 may control regenerative healing, and that by switching it off, humans could perform our own regeneration.

The new research suggests that the potential to heal without scarring -- or possibly even to regrow a limb, albeit in a limited manner -- may lie dormant in human cells, kept in check by the p21 gene. A group of lab mice engineered to lack p21 were able to regenerate surgically removed tissue to the point that no evidence of the surgery remained. Holes punched in their ears -- a standard procedure for tagging lab animals -- also healed perfectly, leaving behind no traces of scar tissue or previous damage.
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Is Facebook better than sex?

Is Facebook better than sex?: "Google partners with Sony and Intel to develop Google TV, Amazon releases a Kindle app for the Mac, and some of you have really pathetic intimate lives, according to a study that shows that you'd rather be on Facebook than have sex or even eat."

CNET News.com - http://news.cnet.com/

Hacker Disables More Than 100 Cars Remotely

Hacker Disables More Than 100 Cars Remotely: "A former employee of an Austin, Texas, auto dealership is charged with computer intrusion, after a web-based vehicle-immobilization system is used to kill at least 100 cars and trigger their horns honking out of control.
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Computerworld: Apple’s inexpensive Mac mini with Snow Leopard Server ‘ideal’ for small business

Computerworld: Apple’s inexpensive Mac mini with Snow Leopard Server ‘ideal’ for small business: "Apple's Mac mini server is a well-priced solution for small businesses...

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Tiger Woods Announces Return To Sex | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

Tiger Woods Announces Return To Sex | The Onion - America's Finest News Source: "PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FL—In an announcement highly anticipated by sex fans around the world, Tiger Woods told a small gathering of reporters, family, and lovers Friday that the most dominant fornicator on the planet would soon return to sex.

'Not being able to get out there and have sex has really been tough on me,' Woods said. 'I've missed it. I love fucking with all my heart.'

Woods said that during his brief time away from sex, he couldn't stop thinking about one day resuming his daily regimen of sexual intercourse with random women who look vaguely like his wife, only skankier.

'When I am out there having sex, I am in complete control,' said Woods, an acknowledged master of the long game who claims he is only truly at peace when he is between the legs of a woman. 'It's just me and my thoughts. And a high-end escort. And the lounge dancer. And sometimes [caddie] Stevie. And probably some stewardess I just met.'

'I'm so into it that I usually just block out all the cameras,' Woods added.

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Congress Holds Hearings on Unobtainium

Congress Holds Hearings on Unobtainium: "The U.S. depends on rare-earth metals to feed our fondness for Priuses and iPhones, as well as some weapons all with components made from the rare-earth materials. The House Committee on Science and Technology is holding a hearing today on rare-earth metal supplies, focusing on China's near-monopoly on the stuff.

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Undercover Feds on Social Networking Sites Raise Questions

Undercover Feds on Social Networking Sites Raise Questions: "That new person trying to 'friend' you just may be an undercover fed trying to read your private messages and view your pics, according to a government document.

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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inducts New Members - NYTimes.com

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inducts New Members - NYTimes.com: "Slouched against the lectern at the 25th annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, a shirtless Iggy Pop snarled, ‘I am the world’s forgotten boy.’"

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Fourth quake in four days hits off Oregon Coast

Fourth quake in four days hits off Oregon Coast: "

The fourth earthquake in four days hit off the coast of Oregon Monday. There were no immediate reports of it being felt or causing damage, and there is no danger of it generating a tsunami.

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KPIC - News - Local & Regional - http://www.kpic.com/news/local

Jack Kirby's Heirs Sue Marvel & Disney

Jack Kirby's Heirs Sue Marvel & Disney: "In the latest turn of events for an already complex legal story, Jack Kirby's heirs have filed sued Marvel and Disney to terminate the copyrights on and share in the profits of his most popular co-creations."

CBR News - http://www.comicbookresources.com/

Facebook, Twitter ready location-based features

Facebook, Twitter ready location-based features: "Facebook and Twitter are preparing to flip the switch on features that will allow you to share your location with your friends at any time.




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Macworld - http://www.macworld.com

Half-Cocked? Hermaphrochickens Challenge Gender Identity

Half-Cocked? Hermaphrochickens Challenge Gender Identity: "Funky chickens that are half male and half female reveal a different biological system for gender determination.

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Anyone actually reading this blog (and I doubt there is anyone) just has to think that the weirdest shit gets posted here sometimes.

And they'd be right. (If they existed. (Which they don't))

Better Than Apollo: The Space Program We Almost Had | Wired Science | Wired.com

Better Than Apollo: The Space Program We Almost Had | Wired Science | Wired.com: ""

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The Evolutionary Review

The Evolutionary Review: "On the Origins of Comics:
New York Double-take

BRIAN BOYD

Comics can have almost no mass and yet be the most mass of mass arts: Garfield has had up to 263 million readers a day. Comics constitute a new art, just over a century old, and usually an unusually accessible one. So what can evolution add to our understanding of comics?"

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Christopher Nolan Will Head "Superman" Film

Christopher Nolan Will Head "Superman" Film: "The director of 'The Dark Knight' will produce a new screen franchise for the Man of Steel based on a screenplay by David S. Goyer that takes Superman, Lois Lane and the rest in a brand new direction while also keeping them separate from Batman."

CBR News - http://www.comicbookresources.com/

Mile-High Mega Kites Could Pull Giant, Floating Power Plants

Mile-High Mega Kites Could Pull Giant, Floating Power Plants: "Korean scientists propose attaching gigantic, 6.5 million-square-foot kites to ships to drag them through the ocean and generate energy.

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Just How Fast Is Cisco's New Router? Really Freaking Fast

Just How Fast Is Cisco's New Router? Really Freaking Fast: "Cisco's new CRS-3 router is capable of 322 terabits per second, the company says. That's fast enough to download the entire Library of Congress in about a second.

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